Joleon Lescott - GONE

[mr underhill]

totally this but let's have him licking the loos clean. no brushes.

[pbavfckuwait]

What as a club if that is the case were we allowing him to live in Manchester, hopefully the change of top management at VP now will ensure this does not happen again.

[Big Dick Edwards]

It's 213.5 miles from Manchester to Celtic.  It's not a commute I'd particularly relish every day.

Who says he's got to do it every day?

Plenty of people work away from home and are pretty much only home at weekends. There's plenty of ways to make it happen if he wanted it to happen.

Christ on his money he could buy an S-class /BMW 7 series / Jag XJ /Audi A8 LWB and a chauffeur if needs be, do it 3-4 times a week and overnight in Glasgow the rest of the time.  Oddly enough that sounds like the Pires solution who is possibly the only player I've seen in a Villa shirt with worse mobility.

On his salary he could afford a chauffer driven helicopter!

[Salsa Party Animal]

He should play for Stockport County or Oldham Athletic rather than play for Villa, if he want to continue playing and not uproot his family. Think all the driving affected his performance. I drove down M6 yesterday and it is horrible road to drive.

[b23]

He could buy this place tomorrow.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/new-homes-for-sale/property-36103395.html

[edgysatsuma89]

He could buy this place tomorrow.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/new-homes-for-sale/property-36103395.html

Maybe as a wendy house.

[Hillbilly]

He could buy this place tomorrow.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/new-homes-for-sale/property-36103395.html

Wrong side of the city/river, and no direct road, for the training ground near Milngavie. Which would be funny.

[mattjpa]

The worst thing is, he probably doesn't need the money. He could reasonably cancel his contract by mutual consent and be playing for tranmere/Burton or someone of that ilk within two weeks and actually have a purpose in life

[brian green]

I really don't get this about very highly paid footballers not being prepared to travel to honour very lucrative contracts.  Compare them with top jockeys who frequently ride at two meetings a day which might be anywhere between Brighton and Perth.  The riders that are paid as much a Lescott travel all over the world to ride for their retainers.  With the odd, rare exception they are happy family men.  The big picture continues to be footballers expecting to be treated as a super species.

[Dave]

I really don't get this about very highly paid footballers not being prepared to travel to honour very lucrative contracts.  Compare them with top jockeys who frequently ride at two meetings a day which might be anywhere between Brighton and Perth.  The riders that are paid as much a Lescott travel all over the world to ride for their retainers.  With the odd, rare exception they are happy family men.  The big picture continues to be footballers expecting to be treated as a super species.

That's not really the same though Brian. To honour his very lucrative contract he has to be available and ready to play for Villa until his contract ends.

He doesn't have to agree to sign for whichever club we're keen to flog him to.

[Ads]

There's also a difference between jumping on a helicopter for an hours work and having to be in a specific location to work four or five days of the week.

I don't blame Lescott. If he's got kids in school and is settled in an area then I wouldn't up root to go and live in the third world to play for some bigoted twats who only have four games a season against some other bigoted twats.

[brian green]

Not quite Dave or Ads, no argument intended.

If a jockey gets a contract (retainer) from an owner he is expected to ride work at any time between dawn and midday on horses he will ride in races.  That work could be on the gallops anywhere between Newmarket, Epsom, Lambourn, Malton or even in France or Ireland.  That is a seven days a week obligation.  No excuse notes accepted.

In addition if an owner chooses to have his retained rider ride for another owner the jockey has to do it or breach the terms of his retainer.  See what happened to Dettori when he had his retainer terminated by Godolphin.

[oldtimernow]

There's also a difference between jumping on a helicopter for an hours work and having to be in a specific location to work four or five days of the week.

I don't blame Lescott. If he's got kids in school and is settled in an area then I wouldn't up root to go and live in the third world to play for some bigoted twats who only have four games a season against some other bigoted twats.

Third world you say?

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-50858683.html

[Risso]

There's also a difference between jumping on a helicopter for an hours work and having to be in a specific location to work four or five days of the week.

I don't blame Lescott. If he's got kids in school and is settled in an area then I wouldn't up root to go and live in the third world to play for some bigoted twats who only have four games a season against some other bigoted twats.

What does he do at the moment though?  I can't believe that living in Manchester he's commuting there and back every day, that journey is horrific in the mornings.

[sid1964]

There is no way Scotland is a 3rd world place, it has some beautiful parts to it